We listened to Michael Buble and
consequentially examined metaphors.
A desire to examine a Eminem song
was expressed and was STRONGLY
considered.
Unfortunately this is how long
the song was...
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"Lose Yourself"
[Hook]

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Yo
No more games, I'm a change what you call rage
Tear this (puppy) roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhyming and stepped right into the next cypher
Best believe somebody's paying the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cause man, these (unhappy) food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard, and it's getting even harder
Trying to feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screaming on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only (puppy) option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
So here I go it's my shot.
Feet fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,
But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down,
The whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking how, everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stagnant, he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again, yo
This whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
(You better)
The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a new world order
A normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these (people) is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's known as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water
His (people) don't want him no more, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old partner but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da
[Hook]
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
Eminem
Silver
Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white
breasts peep
Of doves in silver feathered sleep
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.
Walter de la Mare
Hints and tips for learning poems

What is the story? What is going on and can
you discuss it as you would a TV show you
wanted to tell your friends about. What are the
key points to remember and convey?
Hints and tips for learning poems

Split the poem in small manageable parts and use
the rhyming scheme. Remember the first word
which rhymes and it is easier to recall the second
word that goes with it.
 Slowly,
silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
Hints and tips for learning poems

Say the lines out loud. Poetry is like a song. It
is connected by sounds which you can link
together in order to remember them.
 Slowly,
silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
Poetic techniques

Imagery: Mental pictures which the poet
creates in words.
Poetic techniques

Similes: An image made when a poet
compares one thing to another thing
using the words 'like' or 'as'.

Metaphor: An image made when a poet
compares one thing to another thing
without the words 'like' or 'as'.
Poetic techniques

Symbol: A type of image that represents
or stands for something else.

Personification: This is when a poet
writes of non-human things as if they
were human.
The sounds of poetry

Onomatopoeia: This is when the words
used sound like what they describe.
The sounds of poetry

Alliteration: This is when consonant
sounds are repeated at the beginning of
words that are closely connected.

She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.
For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore
Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
The sounds of poetry

Consonance: This is when consonant
sounds are repeated in the middle of
words that are closely connected.

Assonance: This is when vowel sounds
are repeated in the middle of words that
are closely connected.
Assonance

I bomb atomically—Socrates' philosophies and
hypotheses can't define how I be droppin' these
mockeries. ("Triumph.“)
Consonance
 "some
mammals are clammy“
 Dawn goes down
 He struck a streak of bad luck
The sounds of poetry
Rhyme: This is when the sounds of words are
repeated, usually at the end of lines.
 So think Alliteration, assonance, consonance,
rhyme – beginning middle end.

Rhythm: This is the beat or pace of words in a
poem.
 Sad poems will be slow and happy or exciting
poems will be fast.
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Homework

Learn the poem off by heart.

Learn the poetry techniques and th
sounds of poetry.
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